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    "id": 216978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kagwima",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Nyamu Kagwima",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I keenly listened to the presentation of the Budget by the Minister. I am convinced that the matter was well put. The Budget, if implemented, will go a long way to assist improve lives of Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, however, did not get the policy on housing clearly. Our towns are congested. We need to come out much more clearly than was the case during the Budget day. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an item called Settlement Fund. It is very important because very many parts of our country, including Coast and Rift Valley provinces and parts of Eastern Province have very many people who were displaced at one time or the other. I want to request the Government and, in particular, the Minister to ensure that these funds are released in good time, so that we can resettle our people. We, as a country, should not be discussing the squatter issue. It is very embarrassing that people living in their own country are squatters and have no hope or land. Without land, we cannot have housing. This is urgent. Although the Minister for Lands is not in the House, but somebody must inform him that we need these funds to be released immediately. It is encouraging that the funds will go to the constituencies. That way, we will resettle those people quickly. What we need is the guidelines and the release of the funds. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to talk about is education. My friend, the Assistant Minister, talked on this matter at great length. We are happy with the Free Primary Education (FPE). We are pleased to note that there is money for classrooms that is being released. This will ensure that FPE is a success. So, I want to laud the Government on this. I am also hoping that come January, 2008, we shall have students in secondary schools paying less fees or paying fees which is affordable. We should continue talking to the teachers in those schools to ensure that they do not bring in unnecessary levies again. This is because parents are called to parents' meetings and they pass levies without knowing only to find that they cannot afford those levies."
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